Following Hawaii’s final vote in the Senate on Tuesday, Obama released a statement in response, saying, “Whenever freedom and equality are affirmed, our country becomes stronger.”

He added, “By giving loving gay and lesbian couples the right to marry if they choose, Hawaii exemplifies the values we hold dear as a nation. I’ve always been proud to have been born in Hawaii, and today’s vote make me even prouder,” the president added.

After receiving approval in the state Senate and the House, and being sent back to the Senate one last time to vote on a new amendment, marriage equality passed with a final vote of 19-4, with opposition from one Republican and three Democrats.

Join GLAAD, the president, and Americans throughout the country in congratulating Hawaiians on saying “Aloha” to equality!

Bud Light today debuted the latest ad in the company's Bud Light Party series starring Seth Rogan and Amy Schumer. The spot first aired during The Ellen Degeneres Show and humorously points out how weddings for same-sex couples are just like any other wedding.

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